promotions and recruitment Promotions: Women and Diverse Lawyers Named Partner and Counsel in 2019 Of the six U.S.-based lawyers elected to Crowell & Moring’s partnership firmwide, effective January 1, 2019, five were women, including one LGBTQ+ lawyer of color. Nineteen associates were promoted to counsel, including 13 women and four lawyers of color. The following are several members of the 2019 class of partners and counsel.
Bios of Women and Diverse Lawyers Elected to Partner in 2019 Jacinta Alves (Washington, D.C.) is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Health Care and Government Contracts groups, representing and counseling health care providers, managed care organizations, and a variety of government contractors and grantees in a wide array of litigation, regulatory, and compliance matters. These include matters related to internal and government investigations; the physician self-referral law (Stark Law); the Anti-Kickback Statute; the False Claims Act; receipt of government overpayments; procurement and grant fraud; suspension and debarment; and other federal and state fraud and abuse issues. Jacinta’s litigation and disputes practice includes claims against the government, as well as commercial prime/sub disputes and health care-related litigation and arbitrations. She obtained her Leading Professional in Ethics and Compliance certification in 2014 through the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association, which has since merged with the Ethics Resource Center to form the Ethics & Compliance Initiative. For six months in 2015, Jacinta served as interim general counsel and chief compliance officer of a healthcare nonprofit that provided nearly $1 billion in assistance, in part assessing the adequacy of the organization’s compliance and audit plan. She is a 2009 graduate of Boston University School of Law, where she served as an editor in the Legislative Drafting Clinic; she earned her B.A. in psychology and economics from Emory University.
Rebecca Baden Chaney (Washington, D.C.) is a partner in the firm’s Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation Group, where she litigates complex productrelated matters, with an emphasis on commercial disputes in the automotive, trucking, and consumer product industries. Rebecca represents clients in crisis management, warranty, indemnity, and breach of contract matters, as well as in class and mass action proceedings. She also advises clients in product regulatory matters, with a focus on 3D printing, automotive, trucking, and consumer products, and counsels clients on product liability and risk-management issues during the life cycle of products, from pre- to post-launch. For the past six years, she has been named a Super Lawyers Washington, D.C. "Rising Star." Rebecca earned her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, Order of the Coif, magna cum laude. While in law school, she interned with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division; the Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia of the Maryland Court of Appeals; the National Association of the Deaf; and the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland. She also served as a writing fellow and notes and comments editor for the Maryland Journal of Health Care Law and Policy. Rebecca received a B.A. in public relations and political science with a minor in psychology, magna cum laude, from Syracuse University, where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa.
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